When was the last time you were amazed by a touch screen or touchpad that recognizes multiple simultaneous touch points. Its no magic, but the attributes of Multitouch which uses a software to interpret simultaneous touches. Elaborately speaking, Multi-touch is a human-computer interaction technique, which is implemented by the hardware devices which can frequently include the position and pressure of each touch point independently. The journey of MultiTouch since its beginning in the year 1982, which initiated with multi-touch tablets and multi-touch screens, have since been extemely successful and fulfilling in terms of the technological revolution it has brought about. Making a humble yet firm beginning in 2005 with the first commercially successful professional multi-media controller ‘Lemur Input Device’ with display using multi-touch technology, Multitouch
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Those who have been fortunate to see and experience it have quoted as a technology miracle and one of Microsoft’s most user friendly innovations. Microsoft Surface is said to be quite similar to Windows Media Center. It runs basically on standard Windows Vista, which after all runs on an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB RAM, and most importantly you need a moderately-powerful graphics card. The most impressive thing you will first note in Microsoft Surface as a user, just like in the water application, is it innovative and simple presentation. The use of Multitouch in Microsoft Surface leads you to experience features like as in water application, where you can move your hand on the screen around on to make waves. I think that